{"id":753713,"date":"2026-08-29T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/753713\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T16:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T16:16:08","slug":"tyson-fury-ranks-two-of-his-opponents-in-the-top-10-punchers-in-heavyweight-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/753713\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury ranks two of his opponents in the top 10 punchers in heavyweight history"},"content":{"rendered":"

While unsurprisingly naming Deontay Wilder as one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight history, Tyson Fury<\/a> included another former opponent in his version of the all-time top 10.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 completed an epic trilogy with Wilder in 2021<\/a>, suffering two fourth-round knockdowns before halting his American foe in the 11th frame.<\/p>\n

Their rematch, on the other hand, was far less competitive, as Fury dished out a surprisingly one-sided seven-round beatdown against the formidable knockout artist the previous year.<\/p>\n

As for their first encounter, in 2018, Fury was once again compelled to survive two knockdowns, only to come away from Los Angeles with a controversial draw.<\/p>\n

But while Wilder certainly made a fierce impression on the Brit, it was perhaps less apparent that Wladimir Klitschko also managed to impose his power.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian defended his unified crown against Fury in 2015, entering their showdown as a sizable favourite and nailed-on Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n

It therefore came as a major upset when Fury dethroned his rival<\/a>, fiddling his way to a unanimous decision victory after barely getting caught with anything significant.<\/p>\n

Based on the shots that did land, though, the 38-year-old has told ALF Global<\/a> that Klitschko should be considered among the greatest heavyweight punchers of all time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWilder [was the biggest puncher], for sure. Wilder was a very big puncher \u2013 probably the biggest puncher in heavyweight history \u2013 but Wladimir Klitschko is also in the top 10 of all-time punchers \u2013 Dr Steelhammer.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Wilder is surely in the consensus top 10, Klitschko was more of a jab-and-grab technician and is rarely mentioned in the same power-punching context as the likes of Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Earnie Shavers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While unsurprisingly naming Deontay Wilder as one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight history, Tyson Fury included another…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-753713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}